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ReviewCellular & molecular immunology2020

Physiology of gangliosides and the role of antiganglioside antibodies in human diseases.

Gianni Cutillo, Anna-Helena Saariaho, Seppo Meri

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Review in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
93citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

93 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 145 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The EGR1/ZFP36 axis governs glycosphingolipid metabolic reprogramming in monocyte-derived macrophages in guillain-barré syndrome.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  12. Structure Analysis of Gangliosides: Mass Spectrometry Imaging.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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33 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Gianni CutilloTranslational Immunology Research Program and the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Anna-Helena SaariahoTranslational Immunology Research Program and the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Seppo MeriTranslational Immunology Research Program and the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. seppo.meri@helsinki.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9142-501X
University of Helsinki · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gangliosides are structurally and functionally polymorphic sialic acid containing glycosphingolipids that are widely distributed in the human body. They play important roles in protecting us against immune attacks, yet they can become targets for autoimmunity and act as receptors for microbes, like the influenza viruses, and toxins, such as the cholera toxin. The expression patterns of gangliosides vary in different tissues, during different life periods, as well as in different animals. Antibodies against gangliosides (AGA) can target immune attack e.g., against neuronal cells and neutralize their complement inhibitory activity. AGAs are important especially in acquired demyelinating immune-mediated neuropathies, like Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and its variant, the Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS). They can emerge in response to different microbial agents and immunological insults. Thereby, they can be involved in a variety of diseases. In addition, antibodies against GM3 were found in the sera of patients vaccinated with Pandemrix®, who developed secondary narcolepsy, strongly supporting the autoimmune etiology of the disease.

Indexed as

DiseaseAntibodiesGangliosidesGuillain-Barre SyndromeHumansInfectionsModels, BiologicalAntibodiesGangliosidescomplementgangliosideGuillain-Barre syndromenarcolepsysialic acid

Identifiers

PMID32152553
PMCPMC7109116
OpenAlexW3010447422

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